The Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective is a tight-knit community of professional filmmakers in Brooklyn, NY who are dedicated to innovative approaches to filmmaking. The collective comes together through weekly peer workshops to provide sustained feedback and critiques throughout the life of its members' projects. It is the mission of the BFC to inspire groundbreaking films and maximize exposure of the best work from Brooklyn-based filmmakers.

Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

Zeshawn Ali

A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, I'm now a writer and director looking for new ways to find and tell stories- whether that be through film, photos, or words.

Director of the short film "Shallows" and also for the documentary series for 30 Mosques in 30 Days. First feature length documentary, "Two Gods" is currently in post-production and has recently received support from ITVS (Open Call), Tribeca Film Institute (All Access Program), and HotDocs (CrossCurrents Fund, Doc Accelerator Lab).